Table 1 



Taxon 



Hematocrit 

 (percent) 



Hemoglobin 



Oxygen 

 capacity 

 (g/100 ml (ml/100 ml 

 blood) blood) 



Source 



LIZARDS 



Agamidae (5 species) 



11.7 



11.7 



6.8 



12.6 



6.7 



9.8 



Villiers Pienaar 1962 

 Verjbiinskaya 1944 

 Korshuev et al. 1957 

 Banerjee & Sharau 1972 

 Dessauer 1970 

 Menon 1954 



Dessauer 1970 

 Pough, unpublished 

 Dawson & Poulson 1962 

 Pough 1976 

 Verjbiinskaya 1944 

 Korshuev et al. 1957 

 Dessauer 1970 



Mean ± s.e. 



25.7±2.7 



7.7±1.38 9.0±1.41 



Cordylidae (2 species) 

 Cordylus giganteus 

 C. vittifsr 



Mean 



35 

 32 



33.5 



9.0 

 8.0 



Villiers Pienaar 1962 

 Villiers Pienaar 1962 



Gekkonidae (3 species) 



Ryerson 1949 



Banerjee & Banerjee 1965 



Goin & Jackson 1965 



— Zarafonetis & Kalas 1960 

 9.7-11.92 Edwards & Dill 1935 



— Ryerson 1949 



10.8 



Iguanidae (27 species) 



Anolis aarolinensis 

 I 4. Garotinens'ls 



Crotaphytus aollaris 

 Ctenosaura acanthura 



28 

 35 



12.0 



10.4 



Goin & Jackson 1965 

 Dessauer 1970 

 Dawson & Poulson 1962 

 Hernandez & Coulson 1951 



